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International Controversies in HIV Control
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to devastate populations throughout the world, and poses as one of the most vexing public health problems of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As of December 2007, UNAIDS estimates that about 33.2 million people are currently living with HIV infection. Furthermore, the organization estimates that during 2007 [...]
An Implantable Heart-Attack Monitor
An implantable device that alerts high-risk patients when they show signs of a heart attack could shorten the time it takes for the wearer to seek medical attention. The device, being developed by AngelMed, a medical-devices company in Shrewsbury, NJ, is already approved for use in Brazil and is now undergoing clinical testing in the [...]
Future healthcare and IT
America’s Healthcare Organizations are building company-wide business strategies designed to sustain security while achieving efficiency and effective improvements. In today’s challenging regulatory and healthcare environment, a key challenge is integrating processes and metrics used to monitor adherence to regulatory requirements with those used to understand risks and manage enterprise performance. Database security performance and access [...]
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